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tower of yarn giveaway

November 12, 2015

Yay! It's that time of year--time for another tower of yarn giveaway! I've had some fun collecting Rowan yarns (in hot reds and pinks this time) to celebrate some blog milestones. This is my favorite giveaway to have, as it includes some of my favorite yarns--yarns that knit beautifully and wear beautifully--and happen to be some of the most gorgeous yarns available for hand knitters today. I'm thrilled to share these with you and wish you good luck! The descriptions are below, plus plenty of ideas for what you can do with one skein. The end of the post describes how to enter the giveaway.

This is my wobbliest tower ever. Even kebab skewers didn't help much.

It fell dozens of times before I could get it to stay. I just couldn't breath!

My towers are usually blue, but I decided to go a different direction. How do you like these hot colors?

Let me tell you about each of these from top to bottom:

Summerlite 4-ply was introduced Spring/2015. It's a lovely, soft, fingering weight yarn made from the finest Egyptian Giza cotton. The very soft hand makes a fine, even fabric; it's like no other cotton you've knit with before. One skein is enough to make the Diamond Purse from the Rowan Swarovski Evening Collection. Look for Rowan to add to the Summerlite line in 2016. 100% cotton, machine wash.

Softknit Cotton is a DK weight with a chain construction and beautiful drape. It's easy to achieve an even tension and looks great in cables. Light and cool, it's an easy-care, machine-washable blend of cotton, 92% and polyamide, 8%.

Wool Cotton DK, a 50/50 wool/cotton blend, is another easy-care machine-washable yarn. Great for year-round knits, it's a favorite of mine for children's knits. It comes in a fingering weight too. Great stitch definition and is another yarn that's easy on the hands for a great knitting experience!

Baby Merino Silk DK is just that, a blend of soft merino wool and silk that is machine-washable and another favorite of mine for children's knits. I've just put a sweater's worth (for me!) of a bright blue on my Christmas wish list! Combine the above pink Softknit, the orange Wool Cotton and this claret Baby Merino Silk DK for a totally adorable/totally free striped baby sweater! It will be beautiful!

Kid Classic, ahh, you beautiful yarn you. A blend of wool and kid mohair, this is perhaps one of my favorite yarns to knit. I have some deep, almost black navy in my stash to knit a bolero as soon as my Christmas knitting is finito! Kid classic acts like a bull-dog--it wears like iron and resists pilling, yet lives like a lady--the fabric is elegant, downy, and simply gorgeous. The color I've chosen is a sexy, deep, wine/purple. With one skein you can whip out several pairs of my Boot Cuffs for stocking stuffers this year.

Brushed Fleece, so maybe I saved the best for last. I discovered Brushed Fleece because I wanted to make this coat. Had to. Even though I thought I was allergic to big needles, I found that I loved the knitting experience of Brushed Fleece. It's bulky but uncommonly light weight, like it's been jet-puffed with air. The resulting fabric is soft enough to wear next to the skin and light-weight enough to make a big over-sized coat without heaviness--your coat won't stretch out with added weight--there is none! I am in the process of making another coat, more like a big boyfriend sweater, using this red. I'm hoping to have it done by Christmas, but my gifts are a priority right now--wish me luck! What can you make with one skein? Perhaps a hat, definitely some boot cuffs or wristies. Either way, you'll at least have fun petting it!

It's easy to enter. Just leave a comment below (one comment per reader) and LEAVE ME YOUR CONTACT INFO! Don't forget that little thing because you can't win if I can't find you. Either your Rav id or email address will work just fine. For a second chance to win, go to the Knitionary Facebook page, and under the post that has the Tower of Yarn picture, make a comment. I'll leave this open for about a week. Good luck, and thank you for reading!

What a wonderfully diverse selection of yarns, and such great colors. I wonder if there's a pattern out there for a Knitted Yarn Tower? I'll start searching now on Ravelry, where I'm KittenWhiplash, but I'd happily change my name to YarnTowerWinnerDude. Just sayin'.

These are so lovely! I've been curious about the Brushed Fleece and now am even more so - may hunt some down for myself. Very appropriate to my Rav ID too: ToweringInferno (hee hee) Thanks for the giveaway!

I have 4 granddaughters between the age of 5 and 13 so finding someone to knit something for in pink is not difficult! I recently knitting a honeycomb brioche cowl that took exactly one skein. It was for another child but I tried it for fit on my youngest granddaughter just to check. I am sure she would love one for herself so winning a skein would make that possible.CablingKaren on Ravelry

I have three little granddaughters who love everything pink. What a great load of pink stuff they could receive for Christmas from Nanny if l owned such a tower of delight. Find me at Ravelry: Sewhazel1

Omagosh! These yarns are lovely! I'm due in late March with a little girl, her name is Rose and these yarns are the perfect colors to knit little sweaters and hats! I would love to win!- Allison ChickaFernglow@hotmail.com

I love Rowen yarns! I "inherited" some skeins of it a few years back from my grandmother when she was doing some de-stashing and now I always think of her when knitting with it! You can get it contact with me at lcooney042@gmail.com :)

Having a new grandchild soon! If it's a girl - would love to have these for her - we'll know in about a month if it's going to be a girl! If not, I'd knit for my great nieces - they are such little divas! ID: bcde1@comcast.net. Thank you!

I have joined in the Options KAL on your recommendation and am knitting with my very first Rowan yarn. I love its feel of quality. I would love to win some more Rowan yarn to try out. Thank you for this opportunity. elainebracken@gmail.com

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous and wonderful texture. I can picture something very Lily Pulitzer-eqs made with these colors. Thanks so much for the chance to win such a wonderful and generous giveaway Kristen. Happy Thanksgiving early!! :)